Harlem

Har·lem  (härlm)

A section of New York City in northern Manhattan bordering on the Harlem and East rivers. Peter Stuyvesant established the Dutch settlement of Nieuw Haarlem here in 1658. A rapid influx of African Americans beginning c. 1910 made it one of the largest Black communities in the United States. In the 1920s a flowering of African-American art and literature was known as the Harlem Renaissance. After World War II many Hispanics settled in East (or Spanish) Harlem.

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Harlem·ite n.

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Harlem [ˈhɑːləm]

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(Placename) a district of New York City, in NE Manhattan: now largely a Black ghetto

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Harlem - a district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto Manhattan - one of the five boroughs of New York City